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Think about the multitude of information you store on, or enter into, your devices. Photos, videos, emails, social media passwords, online banking details - there’s probably a lot. And then think how it would feel if this information got into the wrong hands. Not good.

As the world's data is growing exponentially, cybercriminals have thought up increasingly complex ways to get hold of your information, from simple password hacks and phishing scams to malware attacks. Sometimes, simply oversharing can cause your personal information to be used illegitimately. If you want to keep your private information private, there are now a lot of things you need to consider. Here are five places to start...

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It starts when you’re mindlessly using your PC, unaware of any issues, then there it is: the dreaded pop up which informs you that your computer has a number of errors. It asks you to pay to clean your machine and remove the junk you previously didn’t know you had.

In a blog post this week, Barak Shein from Microsoft’s Windows Defender Security Research said, “There has been an increase in free versions of programs that purport to scan computers for various errors, and then use alarming, coercive messages to scare customers into buying a premium version of the same program”.

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In today’s busy working environment, the festive period can mean a multitude of different things for an IT department.

For some companies, the next few weeks means a complete ‘down tools’ approach, where machines are not likely to be used at all for a week or so. For others, employees will continue working as normal with a day or two of rest. Company size, office locations, the number of remote or flexible workers to maintain and many other factors need to be considered when predicting working patterns (and support levels) in late December and January...

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Using CCleaner in a portable fashion is the preferred method of use for some our users and it can have some great benefits for your business. Our non-commercial product, CCleaner Portable, is popular among our techy user base because of its speed and ease of deployment. As it can simply be hosted and run from a memory stick...

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Last week we were at IP Expo at London’s ExCel to talk cleaning and optimization with thousands of visitors from the UK’s IT industry.

The two-day show covered everything from cloud solutions and infrastructure to DevOps and analytics. With 300 exhibitors and 300 conference sessions, it was a fantastic opportunity for the industry to share the latest innovations...

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